Notes / Commercial Description:
This oak-aged gentle giant has been gaining popularity over the past few years and is now available year-round.

For Burton Baton, we brew two "threads," or batches, of beer: an English-style old ale and an imperial IPA.

After fementating the beers separately in our stainless tanks, they're transferred and blended together in one of our large oak tanks. Burton Baton sits on the wood for about a month.

When enjoying the Burton Baton, you'll find an awesome blend of the citrus notes from Northwestern hops melding with woody, vanilla notes from the oak. The wood also tends to mellow the 10% ABV of Burton, so tread cautiously!

Poured into a tulip. Nice bubbly foaming head that stains the glass, body is a glowing reddish orange. Smell is mild, malty citrus with hints of wood and oak. Taste is smokey burnt oak whisky beer and hints of fruit: perhaps pineapple and papaya. Strong alcohol overtones with a bit of creamy malts. A delicious holiday sipper that has high gravity and some intensive kick.

Very smooth IPA.
It is quite good. I'd say fruity. Not to much froth. I don't know what else to say about an IPA except I'll have it again. I haven't quite gotten to the point of differentiating IPAs too much except, hoppy, bite and ewwww. This one is mild hop and very smooth.

I had this on draught in a bar; a 10 oz. pour in a Dogfish snifter. It poured a hazy amber-brown color with a frothy, ecru-colored head and extensive lacing that didn't dissipate. It's a lovely ale. The smell is very aromatic with roasted malt, caramel, cherry, orange, oak, and resinous hops. The taste is an exquisite blend of old ale and IPA: It has a solid base of sweet malt with caramel, dark fruit, oak, citrus, and resinous pine at the finish. It manages to be both malty and hoppy in perfect balance. It could probably be classified as a Barleywine rather than a DIPA. It has a nice mouth feel with a medium body and moderate carbonation. You can feel its 10% ABV although the taste itself is not boozy. Overall, this ale is quite an achievement and DFH should be pleased. It's a terrific blend of styles that works really well. You can sip it for dessert or pair it with a hearty meal. It's terrific!

12oz bottle poured into a tulip. A west-coastier nose than I would have anticipate, with dominant pine hops. Pours a honey-brown with trace white head that quickly dissipates. The palate here is excellent. Much more reserved that I would have expected. Caramel malt, toffee, and trace booze warmth dominate the palate. The hops are a faint background, accenting the sweet cereal flavors with a subtle savoriness. An extremely nuanced beer. Medium-thick. As it warms, the hop elements open alongside the bourbon, to give a still richer palate.

This is easily the best beer I've had from Dogfishhead to date. 90 Minute is, in my eyes, the exceptional beer that built this company, and Burton Baton is its far subtler, more nuanced cousin. A huge win for the brewery in terms of complexity, and an outstanding beer in its own right.

simply splendid. probably better than 90 minute IPA. There's so much rich flavor. sweet, not bitter, complex and tasty. 10% with no taste of alcohol it's all beer! another amazing beer from dogfish head.

Smell is candied fruit, mostly oranges and apricots, over a sweet malt background. It's like a really sweet, pleasant candy that you can really eat only one of before things in your mouth starts hurting.

But the taste isn't actually that sweet. The sweetness gives way to nice savory characteristics. Toffee and a heavy tea flavor show up with a few passes over the tongue. Marmalade, too. Some coffee – surprise, surprise! – enters the picture at the end. It's one of those brews that's complex without much overlap (e.g., ref. dates and raisins). The more I try to pick it apart, the more I like it.

Feel is medium-heavy with fine carbonation.

I'm curious about how this one does with age. I had no intent to consume this a full fifteen months after bottling. I wonder how it is within a few months, given that it's partly a DIPA. It's actually really similar to Lengthwise's Zeus, without some of the floral elements. But I'm looking at my review of that, and there's nothing to suggest they're all that similar, so maybe what's stuck in my brain are the malt and weight.

Poured into shaker from bottle, nice 1 finger creamy head that hangs around. Dark opaque amber to look at. Smells dank, resinous, caramel sweetness an mango. Taste pretty much the same, very caramel sweetness on the front end giving up to ripe mango with a mild sweet finish. Great thick body, the oak mellows out the bitterness. Can't believe it took me this long to try this beer

Comes out a darker amber color with 1/2" off white head. There is a barely there lace impression on the glass as the beer is consumed. Aroma has citrus, oak, cherry, booze, vanilla. Not bad. Enjoyable.

And they keep coming out in the taste. I'm already convinced with this beer, its good, and its one of the best DFH has in their portfolio. Affordable price on these, they aren't Bigfoot levels of cheapness yielding awesomeness, but its up there. They do good with the 1 month oak aging, really hits the target.

I dunno if I would call this a double ipa or barleywine, but it works.

Pours a clear deep orange with medium to lowish carbonation. Aroma was a little muted with some fruit notes. Taste is boozy, bitter, body is full with some hops shining through. This is definitely a beer that lives up to the description, you get an almost equal feel of barleywine and imperial IPA from this beer. A sipper for sure, very enjoyable. I'd say this leans more towards being a barleywine with lots of hops. A unique and fun beer but it really comes off as a blend between styles you have to take for what it is.

The beer is 51 degrees.
A Thick creamy one finger off white head and the retention on this beer is par. The color of the beer is rich mahogany with deep amber and rust orange hues. the clarity of the beer is mostly opaque, with the exception of the carbonation bubbles.

A rich malty aroma wafts through the rich hops. The hops is fruity, grapefruit, pine, floral. A subtle oak, vanilla, sugar, and caramel notes hides in the background. This beer smell is mouthwatering.

A sharp rich hops flavor with grapefruit, pine, resin, and oranges, explode in your mouth with the finesse of a ballet dancer. The malt backbone holds well like the hoover dam. The malts is caramel, biscuits, and some toasty notes. The aging on this beer is just perfect it is not over aged or under. The aging gives vanilla, caramel, char, and wood notes which play the extras well in this beer.

The mouth feel of the beer is astringent, clean and mouthwatering.

I remember when I began going down the IPA and DIPA route. It started with Ruination and since then my love for hops was born. This beer is just awesome, excellent flavors and so easy to drink. This beer has been on my bucket list and now I can mark it off and go down and buy a six pack. Just an all around great beer from Dogfish head

This pours a malty caramel color with nice foam. There's an oak-y note to the aroma with a pleasing candied citrus finish. Tastes pleasantly oak-y and citrusy with a mellow bittering. Woody notes are present as is a touch of booziness.

This is one deluxe beer. Lots going on, but works well together. Definitely a sipper. Grape, vanilla and cooking spice in the nose. The taste is well balanced between the oak and bittering hops. Finishes with a bourbon booziness. Well done. FYI the one I tasted had aged a year (very well I might add) so much of the real floral hops and the beer as a whole may have mellowed.

Pours a beautiful deep burnt orange color, with a one finger tan head that retains nicely.
Smells of mild citrus and piney hops, plenty of vanilla notes, earth.
Starts quite sweet, caramel, then a little pine notes, followed by a hint of oak, with a nice lingering earthy hop finish.
Mouthfeel is thick, quite sticky, and coats the mouth for awhile.
Overall, lovely, a lot less happy than I thought, sweet, and sticky, truly a hybrid of a stout and an imperial ipa.

Maybe as I age, my capacity for extreme beers reduces.
All this alcohol and hops !
I know this is what this brewery like to do, so no criticism.
But for my palate, extreme is hard to balance.
I'll try it again with spicy food so why I understand this has such a rave.

Dated 1/11/14. Pours a murky, deep amber with minimal khaki head. Nose is malty sweet, with a hint of vanilla oak and a finish of candied citrus - smells much more like a barleywine than an IPA. Hops come through on tasting, with bitter citrus up front and an oaky sweetness on the finish. Unique and delicious. Carbonation is pleasantly assertive at the ABV and age. Overall, a really solid and different take on an IPA.

Poured 12oz bottle into snifter. Dark orange with a nice off white 2.5 finger head with fair retention. Fades slowly and leaves a nice collar and webbed lacing on glass. This smells like an sweeter IPA with some oak, bitter citrus, pine along with sweet baked bread and caramel malt. The aroma is pleasant. First and foremost I get a quick, sweet taste of caramel and vanilla, with some oak notes. The bitter hops move in, with grapefruit and some pine most dominant. The barrel is faint but noticeable. Medium body with a slick, oily feel. There is definitely a bitter quality from the hops and oak that leaves a dry feeling on the finish. A pretty good oak aged IPA.